Meanwhile back in Springfield protests occur because some black kid got shot in Florida, or to make Kony famous.

Ted Heistman

This is why everyone needs to switch to a “green” bootleg economy. Raise Backyard chickens and veggies, barter services and your fresh eggs. Barter guitar lessons for raw milk, stuff like that. Stockpiling guns and gold is the wrong approach. Things don’t have to go down like they did in the Balkans.

emperorreagan

I think this is really important.

I was watching an interesting documentary a few nights ago where they made the point that in the past, as civilizations fell, there were always other ways of living and different civilizations. Right now, though, there’s a worldwide political monoculture in many ways, so there’s a lack of resiliency built into the system.

It’s up to individuals and small groups to rebuild that resiliency.

Ted Heistman

Yeah, “resiliency” is a good word. Some people are already resilient. They are self employed with several streams of income and have diverse skills. I am trying to be like that myself.